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Gemini Spacecraft Thruster
Display location: History Center
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Thrusters
are small rocket engines designed to make position changes in a
spacecraft. Designed for the Gemini spacecraft, this type of
thruster (right) was mounted in groups of two around the 'nose' of
the capsule (left). The pairing of the thrusters was for redundancy
in case of the failure of a single thruster.